Banana core extraction tool



June 2%, 1955 H. e. PARKER 2,751,864

BANANA com: EXTRACTION TOOL Filed Aug. 10, 1955 United States PatentOfiice Eatented June 26, 1956 BANANA CORE EXTRACTION TOOL Henry G.Parker, New Orleans, La.

Application August 10, 1953, Serial No. 373,325

2 Claims. (Cl. 107-1) This invention relates to a combination bananacore extractor tool.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved banana coreextractor tool. Other objects and advantages of this invention will beapparent from the following description and appended claims, referencebeing made to the drawings wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view,partly in section, of a banana core extractor tool embodying the novelfeatures of the present invention having an auxiliary member, a clearerand packer, positioned therein;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the banana core extractor tool;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the auxiliary member; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view, partly in section, of the knife blade,showing the tubular portion of the tool in broken lines.

The banana core extractor of this invention comprises a thin walledtubular body 5 adapted to be inserted axially into a banana (not shown),the tubular body having one end flared to provide a handle portion 1 andalso to provide a concave recess 2 adapted to fit the contour of a humanfinger and to permit sealing of the end of the tubular body duringextraction of the core, and a longitudinal knife 6 secured within thetubular body 5 having a wedge-shaped cross section providing a knifeedge adjacent the opposite end of the tubular body 5 and ex, tendingtransverse to the axis thereof, the edge being adapted to cut throughthe banana when the tubular body is inserted into the banana, the knifealso having a butt end parallel to the knife edge and lying in a planetransverse to the axis of the tubular body, the butt end being adaptedto engage the core and substantially support the same within the tubularbody during removal of the core from the banana.

In a preferred modification of the invention, a combination banana coreextractor and funnel is provided in which the funnel is useful forfilling the banana with solids after the core has been removed.

In operation, the tool is held by the handle 1 and inserted axially intoa banana to a depth, for example, of about 3% inches, until the bottom 4of the handle 1 engages the banana. The tool is then given a half turnto sever the end of the core by the knife 6. A finger, e. g., theforefinger, is then placed over the hole 3 in the funnel to seal theopening during extraction of the tool from the banana. The core is thenremoved from the tool by means of the auxiliary member 8 which isprovided with an enlarged handle portion7 which engages the funnel walls2 and prevents contact of the lower end of the auxiliary member with theknife 6.

No claim is herewith made for the auxiliary member, the clearer andpacker, other than that it is a necessary part of corer.

I claim:

1. A banana core extractor comprising a thin walled tubular body adaptedto be inserted axially into a banana, said tubular body having one endflared to provide a handle portion and also to provide a concave recessadapted to fit the contour of a human finger and to permit sealing ofthe end of the tubular body during extraction of the core, and alongitudinal knife secured within said tubular body having awedge-shaped cross section providing a knife edge adjacent the oppositeend of said tubular body and extending transverse to the axis thereof,said edge being adapted to cut through the banana when the tubular bodyis inserted into the banana, said knife also having a butt end parallelto said knife edge and lying in a plane transverse to the axis of thetubular body, said butt end being adapted to engage the core andsubstantially support the same within the tubular body during removal ofthe core from the banana.

2. A combination banana core extractor and funnel for filling the bananawith solids after the core has been removed, comprising a thin walledtubular body adapted to be inserted axially into a banana, said tubularbody having one end flared to provide a handle portion and also toprovide a concave recess adapted to fit the contour of a human fingerand to permit sealing of the end of the tubular body during extractionof the core and also to provide a funnel for filling the banana withsolids after the core has been removed, and a longitudinal knife securedwithin said tubular body having a wedgeshaped cross section providing aknife edge adjacent the opposite end of said tubular body and extendingtransverse to the axis thereof, said edge being adapted to cut throughthe banana when the tubular body is inserted into the banana, said knifealso having a butt end parallel to said knife edge and lying in a planetransverse to the axis of the tubular body, said butt end being adaptedto engage the core and substantially support the same within the tubularbody during removal of the core from the banana.

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